Evo Explores 4+

Fans of MV should enjoy playing this. I played the entire game in a bit over an hour..... but only because I'd played Monument Valley before.

I can't begin to understand the 3-dimensional thinking involved to create something like this.

Nice game!

If I had never played MV, I might have liked this more but I’m glad I played MV first

Strengths: Some levels are interesting, especially the one with two characters—the teamwork element was different. The graphics are simple but appealing and clear. It has some of the same challenges as MV, and if that was new to someone it would be fun. Also, liked being able to pay minimal fee and not have ads.

Weaknesses: 1) The “hints” were annoying and detracted, and they went beyond the first couple of levels. Sure it’s challenging w/no hints, but it is a PUZZLE. 2) While It is Escher-like, there was still logic to the deception in MV. A few of these just involved random tapping to get to solution.

Obviously inspired by the monument valley games. (I was kind of hoping to see that they’d been mentioned in the credits somewhere.) The story is okay, but needs some polishing for sure. It would be nice to have something a bit more fleshed out than the relatively cliche “civilization gets rekt by computers” thing. Although I did appreciate the attempt to make the narrative less abstract, I can’t help but feel like something important is missing there. The graphics are very nice, the music is soothing, and I got a couple hours of puzzle solving from this game. I can’t quite give it five stars because, although this game is enjoyable as a stand-alone experience, it really does pale in comparison to the monument valley series.